iPlan™ is the integrated Planning and Execution methodology that provides a framework for completion of initiatives of multiple projects or programs in a multi-location, multi-level environment. iPlan™ automates project execution success - eliminating progressive manual summarizations and rollups of data and progress. Solution Systems and iPlan™ can actually reduce the cost of project management and execution.

Shaping
	The Shaping process formulates the structure for the entire initiative. It defines the framework for all planning, execution and reporting. Shaping is the process of discovery between Solution Systems and you, the client. Overall initiative structure is defined for all the project-types that will be planned. Templates are developed that will be used in the Planning process.

Planning
	Planning is more specific to actual Projects. However, with SSI’s iPlan™, the planning process can also be templated, tracked, executed and reported. The progress through the complex process of Planning can be automatically reported—just like the rest of the plan implementation.

Execution

Traditional methods make Execution a completely manual process. Telephone, email, meetings—all very time consuming. iPlan™ gives you a much better methodology. Each resource gets a personalized To-Do List. Priorities, details, documents and progress become a personal list of things to be accomplished. Other work that is relevant to the initiative also gets communicated through the Execute View. Resource assignments, plan approvals and other implementations of the complex workflow of project management and execution are displayed for the individual user.

Reporting

iPlan™ automates the complete reporting process. Progress reporting by individual resources is displayed through a highly informative dashboard. The same dashboard report is used for the Project, the location, the Project-Type or the group doing the work. Summarization is accomplished through automatic roll-ups of progress. Traffic light-style color reporting is used throughout and is also automatically assigned—interpretation and spin is virtually eliminated.

Benefits

The Solution Systems methodology, utilizing iPlan™ provides a significantly greater chance of finishing on-time or early. The methodology is an “early warning system” for initiative and project management. It allows for interdependence between projects, across plants and locations and a single view of the work—giving an implementation of high-level goals and objectives that have not been possible before — all at less cost than traditional approaches